Type-distributing machine.



No. 333,332. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1303. P. MQGLINTOUK.

TYPE DISTRIBUTING MACHINE. APPLICATION ISILED JULY 1, 1905. RENEWED snr'r. 18,1906.

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machines of this character are all provided NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO YORK, N. Y., A

FRANK MoOLlNTOOK, OF MOUNT VERNON,

MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, OF NEW CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPE-DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

- No. 836,332. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 1, 1905. Renewed September 18. 1906. Serial No. 335,150.

the corresponding feeler-slide as adapted to select and eject the italic or other font of type. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line A A of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view showing the manner in which the typebodiesare nicked.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in each of the views.

The two machines above referred to have the essential operative parts in duplicate,

T0 at whmn it may concern.- 1 ing Be it known that I, FRANK MOGLINTOCK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mount Vernon, in the county of VVestchester and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Distributing Machines, of which the fol- 3. lowing is a specification. I

My invention relates to improvements in typ edistributing machines of the class where in the types are placed one by one in individ ual carriers which are caused to move step by step in front of a series of type selecting and ejecting devices, all of which are caused to operate simultaneously, whereby the proper types are automatically ejected from the type-carriers during the time they remain stationary. The types for distribution in l being practically a combination of two complete type-distribu ting machines in one structure, so that two separate pages of type may be placed on the two type-galleys and the operation of distribution of the two pages proceed simultaneously, all of the type from each galley being distributed only into the set of cases contiguous thereto. 4

It frequently occurs that a age of type is composed of two or more di 'erent fonts of with shallow nicks cut in the front edge of type-such, for instance, as Roman and the ty e-body, the relative location of these italic-alternating. Heretofore 1n machines nicks eing different for each letter or charof this character all of the types of the second or italic font which were contained in the page were made to pass through the machine without distribution, being simply transferred to a suitable rece tacle or receptacles in the same order as t ey had appeared in the page of type to be subsequently distributed by The improvements herein shown are particularly adapted to the rotary type-distributing machines heretofore invented by me, for which I filed an application for a patent in the United States Patent Office October 17, 1902, Serial No. 127,626, and is also hand. l adapted in general to any machine of this My invention consists, essent1ally, 1n providing on all of the types com osmg the italic or other extra font a sing e extra or font nick in addition to the usual nicks which distinguish the several characters and making all of the trip-pins, comprising one set of the type-selecting devices, too large to enter this font-nick.

The drawings show my improvements adapted to the type distributing machine formerly invented by me, which is fully shown and described in the pending application first above referred to.

1 is the bedlate of the machine.

2 is the circu ar base to which the type-carriers 3 are rigidly secured. This circular set of type-carriers is caused by suitable mechanism to rotate around its vertical axis with j a step-by-step movement, each step being exactly equal to the width of a single carrier. 18 represents feeler-slides, which are equal general character having duplicate sets of the type selecting and ejecting devices-as, for instance, that shown in United States PatentNo. 567,252, issued September 8, 1896, to R. J. Moxley.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide means whereby a page or column of type when composed of two different fonts, such as Roman and italic, may be distributed at one operation, theRomantypes being properly distributed into one set of cases and the set of cases, and, second, to provide improved means whereby the type-ejecting be automatically restored to their initial operative positions whenever required. I

I attain these objectsby means of the mechanism shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of one of the typecarriers and the feeler-slide, which is adapted in number to the different type characters to to select and eject types having only the j be distributed and are fitted to move longinormal nicks. Fig. 2 is a similar view show- 1 tudinally in radially-arranged bearings 4E.

. ward simultaneously by the vices which .separates them The feeler-slides are all caused to move outlever 5, the return movement being effected by the spring 6 upon the return movement of the levers.

7 is the feeler-block, which is secured to the outer end of the feeler-slide 18 and to which the type-selecting nick-pins 8 are socured. The relative location of these nickpins is different for each feeler-block in each complete set and correspond in number and location with the number and location of the shallow nicks which are out in the edge of the several letters or characters in the font of type.

9 is the tripping-pin, which passes through a bearing in the upper art of the feelerblock 7 and has a small stop 10 secured thereto.

11 is the tripping-hook, which is pivoted to the feeler-block at the point 12. This tripping-hook is normally held forward in the position shown in Fig. 1 by means of the spring 13, in which position the tripping-pin is forced inward and held with its end exactly in line vertically with the ends of the nickpins 8.

14 is the type-ejecting lever, which is pivoted to the feeler-slide 18 at the point 15. The outer end of the type-ejecting lever is normally supported on the inner edge of the tripping-hook 11, in which position the ejecug 16 is held too high to engage the top of the type-ejector 17 during the outward movement of the feelerslide. The types are placed singly in the carriers with the nicks outward by the usual automatic deone by one from the page on the galley, and each type is securely retained in the carrier by means of the type-clamp 19.

The two feeler-slides shown being the cor responding ones from each of the two sets in the machine are identical in every respect except that the end of the tripping-pin in Fig. 2 is larger than that in Fig. 1. Their nickpins 8 are so located as to register with the usual nicks of the type a. (Shown in Fig. 4.) When it is desired to use the machine for distributing a page composed of two fonts of type, such as Roman and italic, only one of the two type-galleys will be used, which will be the one adjacent to the set of feeler-slides having the small tripping-pins, as shown in Fig. l. v

The action of each of the feeler slides shown when caused to operate upon the italic a type will first be considered.

Referring first to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the feeler-slide has been moved inward its full distance, w 'ch allows the nick-pins 8 and also the tripping-pin to enter, respectively, the two distinctive type-nicks and the upper font nick. not forced outward,

as would evidently be the case if the Roman a type were substituted,

and consequently the type-ejecting lever 14 is retained in its normal position, so that the type is not ejected from the carrier during the ensuing outward movement of the feelerslide. When the carrier in its step-by-step movement reaches the second a feeler-slide, (shown in Fig. 2,) the-nick-pins 8 again register with and enter the two distinctive type nicks. The enlarged end of the tripping-pin 9 being unable, however, to enter the fontnick is forced outward, whereby the tripping-hook 11 is moved out to a suflicient distance to allow the front end of the typeejecting lever 14 to drop to the position shown. When the feeler-slide 18 is now caused to make its return outward movement, the ejector-lug 16 will engage with the top of the type-ejector 17 and move it outward until the type is free from the typeclamp 19, when it immediately drops down into the open end of the tube 20, which guides it to its proper channel in the typecase in the usual manner.

Since the Roman a type having no fontnick will thus be selected and ejected by either of the feelerslides, it is evident that when Roman type only is to be distributed a page may be placed upon each galley and the machine be operated as a double machine, exactly as shown and described in the prior application, Serial N 0. 127,626.

It is necessary after any type-ejecting lever 14 has been allowed to drop to th tive position(shown in Fig. 2) that it be returned at once to its initial position. (Shown in Fig. 1.) The present invention provides means whereby this operation is effected without the use of the special mechanical devices heretofore provided.

As may be clearly seen in Fig. 3, the upper edge of the carrier is beveled at 21, while the lower edge of the ejector-lug 16 is beveled in the opposite direction at 22. When the carrier is now moved toward the right, the oppositely-beveled faces 21 and 22 will be engaged, and thus lift up the feeler-lever 14 to the position shown in Fig. 1, whereupon the tripping-hook 11 will be returned by the spring 13 to its initial position and again support the outer end of the feeler-lever until suc time as the tripping pin 9 is again caused to act.

What I claim as my invention is- 1.. In a type-distributing machine a plurality of sets of type selecting and ejecting devices having all of the tripping-pins of each set of a different size from the tripping-pins of any other set.

2. In a type-distributing machine two sets of type selecting and ejecting devices, one set having trippingpins which can enter a nick common to all of the types of a font, and the other set having tripping-pins which cannot enter such font-nick.

3. In a type-distributing machine two sets e opera- Yo ver, and means for moving I laterally lifting the lever to its normal position.

Signed at New York city, in the county New York and State of New day of June, A. D. 1905.

FRANK MOOLINTOCK.

of type selecting and ejecting devices,'all of one set having tripping-pins of such size as to enter a nick common to all of the types of a font, and the other set having tripping-pins too large to enter such font-nick.

4. In atype-distributing machine the combination with a pivoted type-'e'ecting lever, of a type carrier having a eveled edge adapted to engage with the type-ejecting lethe type-carrier Witnesses: 1 JEANNIE HASTIE, 1 HENRY THRUSH.

with reference to said lever thereby York, this 26th 

